May 24 2024
On May 23, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center and Justin Taylan of Pacific Wrecks announced that the wreckage of Richard Bong’s P-38, nicknamed “Marge,” had been discovered in Papua New Guinea. This discovery is the result of an expedition in Papua New Guinea that began on May 1st.
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Oct 14 2016
The National Museum of WWII Aviation, based in Colorado Springs, recently announced on its Facebook page that the P-38F Lightning “White 33” (s/n 42-12652) will fly again on Monday, weather permitting. This will make it the 10th airworthy P-38 Mightning in the world, and only one of two with functioning turbochargers.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2016/10/14/p-38f-lightning-white-33-to-return-to-the-skies/
Aug 13 2015
The Collings Foundation has announced that it has acquired several warbirds from the collection of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Shady Lady” (s/n 44-83785), which is technically airworthy and should fly again in 2017. The foundation already operates a B-17, and this new arrival will make it possible for the “Wings of Freedom …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/08/13/collings-foundation-acquires-b-17-flying-fortress-bf-109-p-38-lightning-and-p-40-warhawk/
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